Sunday, November 20, 2016

2016 Top Ten Chocolatiers in North America

On Monday, October 3rd, the Top Ten Chocolatiers in North America and Hall of Fame Honoree, Jacques Torres were honored at the Institute of Culinary Education (ICE) at 225 Liberty Street. Dessert Professional Magazine's annual, tasting celebration honoring fine chocolate artisans in North America was presented by Cacao Barry, A Specialty Box, and Chocovision. By the time I got there I was only able to sample half of the chocolates. Most of the chocolates were already gone before the presentation! Of all the ones I sampled, Salt Caramels by Justin Pringle, Nutty Crunchy PDX by Jeremy Karp, and a Pistachio Caramel by Melissa Coppel were among my favorites.